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Before implementing any training programme we
must begin by concentrating on the crucial 3 to 4 hour period
leading up to, and the subsequent hours following, any form of
training or competing in which athletes must adhere to strict
nutritional and hydration guidelines.
These guidelines take on paramount importance
when you consider the fact that every 8 hour period of sleep represents
an overnight fast in which the body uses significant amounts of
carbohydrate stores. However, the benefit of this meal is solely
dependent on athletes maintaining a nutritionally sound diet through
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